For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 15, 2003
Statement by the Press Secretary
The United States and Canada have today agreed to form a joint task
force to identify the causes of the recent power outage that affected
North America and to seek solutions to help prevent future outages. The
Task Force will be jointly chaired by United States Secretary of Energy
Spencer Abraham and Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Herb
Dhaliwal. Federal, state, provincial, and local authorities, as well as
private sector electricity providers, will be invited to contribute to
the work of the Task Force.
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